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Intelligence 101 / Jonathan A. Plucker, PhD, Amber Esping, PhD.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plucker, Jonathan A., 1969-
- Series:
- Psych 101 series.
- The psych 101 series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intellect.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (190 p.)
- Edition:
- [Enhanced Credo edition]
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub. Company, LLC, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Intelligence has been among the most controversial constructs in all of the social sciences, from its origin as a concept a thousand years ago by such thinkers as Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato to the present. The answer to the question "What is intelligence?" has tremendous implications for how we view the relationships between mind, education, and society. Is intelligence one general trait or a host of multifaceted abilities? Are racial and socioeconomic differences in intelligence evidence of nature or nurture? Are all intelligent people also creative? Are we getting smarter as a species? Do our beliefs about our own intelligence matter?
- Contents:
- Preface
- Why intelligence rocks
- Defining intelligence
- Origins of the study of intelligence : the case of galton
- The best of intentions : what goddard teaches us about the development of intelligence (and the rough and tumble world of science)
- Intelligence or intelligences?
- Nature or nurture? : what the flynn effect tells us about intelligence
- Creativity and giftedness
- Where is the study of intelligence heading?
- Recommended resources
- References.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78539-876-8
- 0-8261-1126-2
- OCLC:
- 862371590
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